Logitech announces four new 720p HD, Vid-capable webcams

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Logitech’s proprietary voice calling software Vid is getting an upgrade to support 720 video chat, but without hardware to match, there’s nothing much to try out, so to mark the occasion Logitech has just unveiled four new Vid-compatible HD webcams.

The first cam is the Logitech HD Pro C910, which costs $100 and does 720p video calls and 1080p local recording for uploading later to the likes of YouTube. It features dual-mics for noise cancellation, and a 10-megapixel still mode.

Next up, the C510, which is a laptop cam but still manages to keep up with the 720p. It has a swivel-able design that allows it to be panned 360 degrees around a room, as well as the capacity for 8MP stills. $60.

Then there’s the low end: the C310 and C270. Not much to write home about here: they both do 720p, but not much else. These cameras will cost $50 and $40 respectively.

Not bad offerings, but as usual, your eagerness to take an external web cam up is going to have a lot to do with whether or not you are one of the steadily decreasing number of computer users without a web cam already built into your rig.